MSI Kombustor 4.1.0 Released (UPDATE: v4.1.24)


MSI Kombustor 4 - PhysX test


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1 – Release Notes

This new version of MSI Kombustor brings the support of recent GeForce RTX GPUs (RTX 2080 SUPER, variants of RTX 2060/2070 SUPER). The main user interface has been updated and list of detected GPUs is displayed:


MSI Kombustor 4 - main GUI

 
A new PhysX 4 test has been added: PhysX 4 CPU medium++. The main goal of this test is to increase the CPU workload in CPU PhysX mode. With some Core i7/i8/i9, with at least 6 or more physcial cores, the overall core usage was around 50% with previous PhysX 4 CPU medium test. Now the medium++ test increases the overall core usage to around 80%. More boxes have been added and the number of PhysX solver iterations has been pushed up.

The PhysX 4 engine is the latest version 4.1.1 released by NVIDIA few days ago.


MSI Kombustor 4 - MSI-01 test - free lookat camera

 
The MSI-01 test has now a control panel in demo mode, that offers a free look at mode and the selection of post processing filters. This control panel is not available in benchmarking mode.


MSI Kombustor 4 - MSI-01 test - free lookat camera

 
And last addition to this new version of Kombustor is a short technical guide (PDF). This guide (msi-kombustor-technical-guide.pdf) is available in MSI Kombustor folder.

MSI Kombustor 4.1.0 is based on the latest GeeXLab 0.29.0.0.

 

2 – Changelog

Version 4.1.24.0 - 2023.04.24
- added a configuration file (conf.xml) to enable or disable
  some features.
- added support of AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT, Radeon RX 7700S and RX 7600S.

Version 4.1.23.0 - 2023.04.13
- GPU Load is now GPU Usage in the On Screen Information.
- added new command line option to enable 
  GPU monitoring via Afterburner (if present): -do_ab_monitoring
  By default GPU monitoring via Afterburner is now disabled.

Version 4.1.22.0 - 2023.04.12
- added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.51.2)

Version 4.1.21.0 - 2023.04.09
- fixed a bug in the OpenGL renderer 
  (binding of vertex attributes). Now the MSI-01 demo
  works fine on Intel Arc GPUs.
- improved the detection of AMD Radeon GPUs.
- minor changes in the artifact scanner plugin.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.51.1)

Version 4.1.20.0 - 2023.01.31
- added support of Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT. 
- added support of GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. 
- added monitoring support for Intel Arc A770, A750, A380. 
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.50.0)

Version 4.1.19.0 - 2022.12.08
* fixed a bug in the detection of AMD Radeon GPUs.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.49.2)

Version 4.1.18.0 - 2022.11.25
- added support of GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080. 
- added detection of Intel Arc A750 and A770.
- improved detection of some Radeon RX 470/480/570/580 GPUs.
- updated GPU monitoring with NVAPI 525
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.49.0)
- open issue: MSI-01 (OpenGL) graphics test has corrupted
  texture coordinates on Intel Arc GPUs.

Version 4.1.17.0 - 2022.07.31
- updated some OpenGL 3/4 shaders to make AMD Adrenalin 22.7.1 happy.
- added support of AMD Radeon RX 6700 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630.
- added detection of Intel Arc A380.
- improved detection of Radeon GPUs.
- updated GPU monitoring with NVAPI 515
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.48.0)

Version 4.1.16.0 - 2022.05.14
- added support of AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, 6750 XT and 6650 XT.
- added detection of Intel Arc 7 A770M, A730M, 
  Arc 5 A550M and Arc 3 A370M and A350M.
- added support of GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, 
  RTX A4500, GeForce RTX 3050 8GB, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB. Updated some
  RTX 3060 and RTX 3050 models. 
- added support of AMD Radeon RX 6400, RX 6500 XT, 
  RX 6500M, RX 6300M, Radeon RX 6650 XT, Radeon Pro W6500M, Radeon Pro W6400, Radeon Pro W6600, 
  Radeon Pro W6600M, Radeon RX 6650M, Radeon RX 6800S / RX 6700S. 
- updated GPU monitoring with NVAPI 510
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.46.0)

Version 4.1.15.0 - 2021.11.30
- fixed a bug in the control panel management of the MSI-01 demo.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.45.0 final).

Version 4.1.14.0 - 2021.11.15
- compiled with VS2022
- updated GPU monitoring with NVAPI 495
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.44.1)

Version 4.1.13.0 - 2021.08.18
- added support of AMD Radeon RX 6700M, RX 6800M, RX 6600 XT, RX 6600, 
  RX 6600M and Radeon Pro W6800 and W6600.
- added support of NVIDIA RTX A2000.
- fixed support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti.
- fixed crash when DPI scaling (100%, 125%, 150%, ...) was changed at 
  runtime by the user.
- fixed PhysX device name in the log file.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.43.0)
  that include latest PhysX 4.1.2.

Version 4.1.12.0 - 2021.05.18
- added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
- added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
- added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
- added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
- added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (id: 2504)
- added support of NVIDIA A6000, A5000 and A4000.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.42.2)

Version 4.1.11.0 - 2021.01.30
- added support of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1010
- added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop, RTX 3070 Laptop and
  RTX 3060 Laptop.
- bugfix: the artifact scanner remained always enabled after the first use.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.40.0)

Version 4.1.10.0 - 2020.12.14
- fixed a texturing bug in MSI-01 and MSI-02 demos.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.39.2)

Version 4.1.9.0 - 2020.12.10
- added support of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT.
- added support of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.39.1)

Version 4.1.8.0 - 2020.11.20
- added support of AMD Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT.
- added support of GeForce RTX 3070.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.39.x)
- compiled with VS2019.

Version 4.1.7.0 - 2020.09.25
- added support of GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090.
- added support of Radeon RX 5300.
- added display of ASIC power in Watts for 
  AMD Radeon RDNA GPUs.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.38.1.0)

Version 4.1.6.0 - 2020.06.05
- updated with new Vulkan2 renderer.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.33.0.0)
- log file back in Kombustor folder.
- fixed artifact scanner. 

Version 4.1.5.0 - 2020.02.12
- disabled artifact scanning with all PhysX 4 tests.

Version 4.1.4.0 - 2020.02.12
- fixed a bug in artifact scanning with 
  demo "(GL) msi-01 (burn-in mode)".
- fixed a bug in all VRAM stress test demos 
  (like (GL) FurMark-Donut-XXXXMB): now VRAM is correctly 
  filled with data (lot of textures).
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.29.14.0)

Version 4.1.3.0 - 2020.01.23
- added support of Radeon RX 5700 XT, Radeon RX 5500 XT, 
  Radeon RX 5600 XT, GeForce RTX 2060 with TU104 GPU 
  and GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER.
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.29.12.0)
- fixed screen name bug (always anonymous) in score 
  submission box.

Version 4.1.2.0 - 2019.12.12
- fixed the launch of the PhysX 4 test: 
  "(GL) msi-02 (PhysX4 GPU - hard)"
- fixed bugs in the Vulkan renderer.
- the log file is now saved in user's temp folder
  (C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Temp). 
- updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.29.9.0)
- added support of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000/4000/5000 Mobile, 
  GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile,
  GeForce RTX 2060/2070/2080 Mobile, Quadro T1000/T2000 Mobile,
  and AMD Radeon RX 5500.
- added support of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER.

Version 4.1.1.0 - 2019.10.02
! fixed a bug in the Vulkan renderer (window resizing).
! updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.29.3.0)

Version 4.1.0.0 - 2019.08.22
! added a simple GPU monitoring to the main GUI. 
+ added a control panel to the MSI-01 in demo mode.
+ added a technical guide (PDF).
+ added PhysX4 CPU/GPU medium++ test that increases
  the number of rigid bodies (6000) and increases the 
  PhysX solver interations.
+ added support of GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER and added
  new RTX 2060/2070 SUPER.
! improved the Vulkan renderer (bugfixes + minor changes).
! updated with latest GeeXLab SDK libs (v0.29.0.0)
  including PhysX SDK 4.1.1.

4 thoughts on “MSI Kombustor 4.1.0 Released (UPDATE: v4.1.24)”

  1. Vinh Quang Tran

    Anyone having problems running (GL) msi-02 (PhysX4 GPU – hard)? My laptop won’t run it and it doesn’t produce any error. Tests like (GL) msi-02 (PhysX4 GPU – medium++) and (GL) msi-02 (PhysX4 GPU – medium) run fine without any trouble.
    Specs:
    – Dell G7 7588
    – Intel Core i7-8750H
    – Intel UHD 630 + GTX 1060 Max-Q 6GB
    – 8GB RAM

  2. Frank

    My Kombustor 4.1.5 flickers completely. only in the stress test window 1280×720 it runs perfectly.
    ASRock Z77 Pro4
    Intel Core i5-3570K
    16 GB Ram G Skill Ares F3
    Deleting and reinstalling did not bring any change

    1. Frank

      I’m sorry… I forgot my graphics card
      EVGA Geforce GTX 960 SSC ACx 2.0 4GB

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